Skip to main content
Communities of Practice

AccessComputing hosts a Community of Practice (CoP) for those interested in accessibility in computing. Communication is mostly done over email, with AccessComputing staff regularly sharing accessibility and disability-related resources, and CoP members sharing their perspectives and expertise and identifying practices that promote the participation of people with disabilities in computing fields.

Historically, we had multiple CoPs with different stakeholder groups. In recent years, we have found it more helpful to have a larger community that can share resources and discuss the ever-evolving world of accessibility in computing.

Computing Accessibility CoP

Helps computing professionals, faculty, k-12 teachers, and administrators as well as representatives from industry and professional organizations increase their knowledge about disabilities and make changes in computing departments that lead to more inclusive practices. Participants

  • gain and share knowledge and help identify issues related to the under-representation of people with disabilities in computing fields;
  • help identify, field test, and validate Computing Department Accessibility Indicators to make computing departments more accessible to students with disabilities;
  • introduce Alliance staff to administrators of professional computing organizations so that staff can help these organizations make their websites accessible, their conferences accessible to attendees with disabilities, and their conference programs inclusive of disability-related topics;
  • help plan, attend and/or recruit others to attend Capacity-Building Institutes;
  • identify campus computing events to which students with disabilities might be invited;
  • discuss how to include accessibility topics in computing curriculum;
  • discuss issues and help locate Ph.D. graduates with disabilities to recruit as faculty;
  • provide connections with computing faculty and industry for internships; and
  • help Alliance staff target articles to computing publications.

How to Join

You and your colleagues can join AccessComputing CoPs by indicating which of the CoPs you would like to join and sending the following information to accesscomp@uw.edu:

  • Name
  • Position/ Job Title
  • Institution
  • Postal Address
  • Email Address